Diesel launched Loverdose in 2011, composed by Olivier Cresp and Honorine Blanc. The house presents it as a love potion, an oriental on a woody base: lemon and mandarin on top, licorice, star anise, jasmine and gardenia in the heart, vanilla, ambroxan, cedar and sandalwood in the base. Its bottle, a faceted mauve-tinted heart, is pierced by a black dagger.
In 2011, Robin of Now Smell This enjoyed a fizzy licorice floral, no stroke of genius but great fun, rare on mainstream counters. The same week, Thomas Dunckley, author of the blog The Candy Perfume Boy, praised a sweet fragrance that licorice keeps in balance, never becoming cloying.
Olfastory’s review
Now Smell This, great fun
In September 2011, Robin found in Loverdose a humor reminiscent of its commercial. The sweet, fizzy opening evokes root beer and an indeterminate fruit for her, like a cross between Hypnotic Poison and a very tangy fragrance.
The heart strikes her as a modern licorice floral, close to Lolita Lempicka but paler and calmer, and drier once it settles. Two years later, she summed it up: no stroke of genius, but great fun, a rare commodity on mainstream counters.
The Candy Perfume Boy, a sweetness held in check
On September 10, 2011, Thomas Dunckley, who usually finds Diesel fragrances decent but no more, described an opening of candied berries more restrained than usual, brightened by a touch of citrus.
In his view, licorice, present from the start, tempers the sweetness of the fruit. He sees a sweet but balanced fragrance that never becomes cloying or over the top, where so many fruity scents lack a counterweight.